William
McPherson
Born about in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jean (Sinclair) McPherson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
George Sinclair McPherson
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
The baptism records are for Latheron but recorded as Alexander McPherson in Braemore son William McPherson. The baptism may have been in Braemore a small village to the west of Latheron. The baptism records (2) are also a day apart, one is the 26th and one is the 27th. The baptism record for George Sinclair in Thurso states that William was a soldier in Col. Balfour's regiment. In 1809, William was discharged from the army for being disabled, unable to perform, having lost the use of his arm in an accident while working on a castle project. It states that he served 12 years total in various organizations before being discharged. He was discharged in Latheron and states his place of birth is Latheron. It has his height as 5' 5".
William was born about 1775.
Sources
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results/1682061887656b682b2b4d8
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
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